by Stacie | Jan 21, 2021 | Garden
This year, I’m starting my garden from scratch, so I’m sharing some garden planning tips for a successful growing season. Time can slip away and it’s a rush to get vegetable seeds started or too late to buy transplants. It’s easy to become...
by Stacie | Jan 13, 2021 | Garden
I worked on starting our new homestead orchard this week and put together a step by step guide how to plant bare root fruit trees. I ordered three varieties of peach trees from Legg Creek Farm: the Rio Grande Peach, Red Baron Peach, and Florida King Peach. Ordering...
by Stacie | Jan 7, 2021 | Garden
I absolutely love holiday cacti and I was gifted one by a good friend several years ago it’s been a joy to watch it grow and bloom. Holiday cactus care could not be easier and they are very low maintenance. There are three different kinds of holiday cacti: the...
by Stacie | Jul 14, 2020 | Garden, DIY Projects
Planning and ordering seeds for my garden is much simpler now that I have learned how to store and organize seed packets. My previous storage method had several different shipping boxes and envelopes stuffed with seed packets. There was not an order to the madness and...
by Stacie | May 27, 2020 | Garden
We went to visit friends in Palestine, TX, a few weekends ago and got an East Texas Garden Tour. They are in grow zone 8b; you can find your grow zone through the USDA’s site using your zip code. Their garden is quiet large with over 20 raised beds, oodles of...
by Stacie | Feb 19, 2020 | Garden
January or February is the time of year when I start fertilizing lemon trees on our homestead. Fertilizing coupled with weekly watering has proven successful and this fall I was able to harvest quite a few lemons. Living in zone 9A, I planted my lemon trees in the...
